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26 Feb – 5 March 2021 Wild Writing: Nature Writing Retreat @Springfield, Southern Highlands, NSW
26 May 2021 – publication day: The Book of Australian Trees
26 October 2021 – publication day The Last Woman in the World (as Elsa Johnson)
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Category Archives: Nature Writing
Castlemaine State Festival
Later this month I’ll be participating the Castlemaine State Festival (22-31 March), a stunning bi-annual arts festival, which this year is focussing on sustainability, nature and rural living. I’ll be teaching a nature writing workshop on Friday 29 March. You … Continue reading
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Tagged Castlemaine, hayley butcher, inga simpson, Jessie Cole, landscape, nature writing, State Festival, tree change, writing workshop
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Newcastle Writers Festival sessions
I’ll be talking about Understory at several sessions at the Newcastle Writers Festival next month, as well as leading a masterclass at the University of Newcastle for creative writing students. I’m particularly excited about the session on Writing the Landscape … Continue reading
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Tagged geordie williamson, holly ringland, inga simpson, landscape, Understory
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EWF Sessions
I’m proud to be one of the Ambassadors for this year’s Emerging Writers Festival (EWF) in Melbourne, which starts today. It’s a great festival if you can get along, with lots of industry tips for aspiring and emerging writers. Weekend … Continue reading
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Tagged anna krien, environmental writing, EWF, hachette, Kate Stevens, Marlina Marchetta, Michelle Law, Robert Watkins, Sally Abbott, Tony Birch
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Little fish
I have never read a book that has articulated better exactly what riding a bicycle down Northbourne Avenue in the heart of winter feels like: of anybody, you all here tonight should appreciate how rarely Canberran experiences are reflected in the Australian literary imagination. We got one! This book accurately describes the public service as part of an interesting queer feminist plot. And among all that flotsam, Where the Trees Were sustains a universal story: one of realising things as we grow up into teenagers, and carrying those realisations into adult responsibilities. Continue reading
Kangaroo Island & Birds of Extinction
I recently met the lovely and talented Brisbane-based artist, Emma Lindsay through fellow PhD student and birdwoman, Melissa Ashley (whose forthcoming novel, The Birdman’s Wife, about Elizabeth Gould, is a must read). I stumbled across Emma’s work while writing my novel, Nest, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Chris Carter, Dwarf Emu, Emaa Lindsay, Emma Lindsay, Extinction Project, inga simpson, Kangaroo Island, nature writing retreat, Nest, QLD Museum, Time Travel, travel writing, World Science Festival Brisbane, Writing retreats, writing workshop
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Shallow Crossing
The flash and gleam of light, the plop and bubble of others, below – the constant play of a world within a world that knows its own secret. Continue reading
Nature writing @ Woodfordia
So, what is nature writing anyway? It’s a question I’m often asked and one I’ll be answering this long weekend at The Planting, the funky festival at Woodfordia. The Planting began as a project to regenerate the site of the Woodford Folk festival in … Continue reading
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Tagged inga simpson, nature writing, nature writing workshop, The Planting, woodfordia, workshop
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5 May – Environmental Writing Workshop
As part of Olvar Wood’s inaugural nature writing retreat at The Escape, near Bateman’s Bay, I’m leading a workshop on the art and business of nature and environmental writing. It is ideal for those new to nature writing as well as professional writers working in … Continue reading
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Tagged clyde river, dr inga simpson, environmental writing, inga simpson, Mr Wigg, nature writing, Nest, shallow crossing, stella prize, the escape, workshop
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Protected: In the Wake of the Raftsmen
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